From: Bogey Man on
You can't get the help files by any re-installation of Office that I know
of. I tried everything but didn't succeed.

"AR88 Enthusiast" <nospam(a)here.com> wrote in message
news:4bb63d1b(a)dnews.tpgi.com.au...
> Ah! That looks like it! Micro$oft does it again eh? No wonder no one
> trusts them anymore! Why in heavens name should a security upgrade delete
> a help file unless it is a greedy grab for more business when people lose
> the functionality of perfectly good software.
>
> I have XP and I notice that it frequently updates itself. That'll almost
> certainly be what happened.
>
> Now I just love my Office 2000 with SR1 (supplied by Jay) and do NOT want
> to 'upgrade'. Reading all the troubles people have had withb later
> versions of Word.
>
> So can I just reinstall using 2000 from my original discs? Or could I
> perhaps find the help file and just copy that, do you think? BTW I use it
> for an email and news client too.